Book Recommendation for Adobe AE

[Camby1298]

Has anyone come across a good read for AE to recommend? Time for AE and I to become good friend...

[alias_marks]

It's no book, but the basic training and tutorials over at http://www.videocopilot.net/ are great

[Camby1298]

It's no book, but the basic training and tutorials over at http://www.videocopilot.net/ are great

 

Ha great Ill be comping in my roommate being struck by lightning to a bloody mess in no time

[alias_marks]

RIP Mike's old roommate. Crazy micro SF lighting storms..

[Jim Mann]

This one.

 

http://rcm-uk.amazon.co.uk/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=jima-21&o=2&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=0M5A6TN3AXP2JHJBWT02&asins=032171962X

 

Its by Mark Christansen and has contributions from the likes of Stu Maschwitz no less. These guys were part of the Rebel Mac Unit at ILM. Basically, they used accessible tools including AE to create their work.

 

The last version i bought was for AE7 but I still refer to it. When I have a bit more money and am able to upgrade from CS3 to CS5 then I will probably invest in this new version.

 

Jim

[Camby1298]

This one.

 

http://rcm-uk.amazon.co.uk/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=jima-21&o=2&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=0M5A6TN3AXP2JHJBWT02&asins=032171962X

 

Its by Mark Christansen and has contributions from the likes of Stu Maschwitz no less. These guys were part of the Rebel Mac Unit at ILM. Basically, they used accessible tools including AE to create their work.

 

The last version i bought was for AE7 but I still refer to it. When I have a bit more money and am able to upgrade from CS3 to CS5 then I will probably invest in this new version.

 

Jim

 

Awesome. Just ordered. From the contents listed, looks very promising, thanks for the recommendation.

[Nils Norgren]

Here is a favorite at Neoscape, Don't be put off by "Action Films" in the title and make sure to look at the included dvd with extra chapters, my favorite chapter is an extra on the dvd called "The Digital Master".

 

http://www.amazon.com/DV-Rebels-Guide-All-Digital-Approach/dp/0321413644/ref=pd_luc_sim_01_02_t_lh

 

-Nils

[Fooch]

Hi Brian,

 

This might be a good buy. Not software specific but about compositing in general:

http://www.amazon.com/Science-Compositing-Kaufmann-Computer-Graphics/dp/0121339602

 

Really old but there are days where i still flip through to understand comp work.

 

Btw I teach a studio on comp and I always get the participants to start with : http://www.videocopilot.net/basic/

Alternatively a good learning start is lynda.com.

[Camby1298]

Btw I teach a studio on comp and I always get the participants to start with : http://www.videocopilot.net/basic/

Alternatively a good learning start is lynda.com.

 

That's a class that needs to be able to view on the net, I would sign up for that.

[Fooch]

Its pretty basic stuff unfortunately for 2nd year Interior Design / Architecture students to get them to use motiongraphics for storytelling.

(I lecture once a week to keep my toes in academia ..)

 

They get 6 weeks to learn AE skill sets, week 1 to 3 is the concept of keyframing and the basics (3D camera, effects etc) Plus they have to finish kramer's tutorials after week1 to understand AE in general. Week 4-6 or 7 is comping, shooting basic greenscreening with keylight, comping and just getting the look right. After that its a free for all to create a film of their choice for Week 12 with storyboarding to animatic to the final film.